Category: Sites and Events

  • Event Review – Operation Overkill

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    Operation Overkill Dirty Dog Airsoft, Shildon UK 27/05/23 Dirty Dog has been my local site for many, many years. It’s one of the most relaxed skirmish sites you’ll ever come across – always a good atmosphere, plenty of laughs, easy short games with plenty of breaks in the safezone to socialise, and gameplay that works…

  • Introducing SAAS Maine

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    A link to one of many blogs by Southern Aroostook Action Sports. SAAS is a field in Maine run by one of the coolest guys in world airsoft, Bearsoft AKA Jon Macq. He’s been a long time friend and supporter of mine and I’d love to help him grow his site, because it’s run the…

  • Top 5 UK Airsoft sites

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    Well, with all the touring lately it cropped up over a beer as many things do. What are my five best UK airsoft sites and why? Traditional to go in reverse order I reckon… 5. Humber Airsoft Kicking this list off is Humber airsoft, a 35-acre mixed quarry and woodland site, with an impressive Middle…

  • Site Review – Halo Mill Proving Grounds

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    This weekend, I was invited along to the UK Airsoft Ladies (UKAL) first meetup event at Halo Mill, near York. It’s a site I’ve heard a lot about, as some of the regulars at my local site play there, and it has a big reputation and yet I’d never been, so it was a great…

  • Site Review – Humber Airsoft

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    With Covid now disappearing and only a nuclear war in eastern Europe to worry about these days, it’s time to hit the road again and get some experience of different sites across the UK. This weekend, I travelled to Humber Airsoft near Hull with teammates John, Alex, Aaron and Dave and also linking up with…

  • Stepping it Up – England vs Scotland 2021

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    “Without a doubt the best England performance in the history of this event” “The best Scottish and English Performance over the 14 years Land Warrior and Stirling have run this game” “I have never seen such relentless determination from an England team” Some high praise indeed from the organisers as England vs Scotland returned to…

  • Returning to Airsoft

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    First day back after the UK lockdown, plus a look at my CQB kit After having to miss most of a year’s worth of airsoft due to Covid19, lockdown restrictions are easing and I got the chance to go to the opening day at Dirty Dog Airsoft with teammate Aiden Elliott to stretch legs, try…

  • England vs Scotland 2019 – Game report

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    After months of prep, countless hours of repairing guns and gathering equipment, and taking up running to try and survive the weekend intact, the 2019 edition of Stirling Airsoft’s England vs Scotland game has finished and as the dust settles on another epic battle, it’s time to sit back, reflect on how it unfolded, and…

  • Observations from Sniperworks One

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    It’s fair to say that Sniperworks One went really well for all parties involved. It’s also been a very interesting learning experience for us all and we’ve had plenty to talk about as a result. Even personally, as a sniper of plenty of experience at a variety of events, this has been a learning curve,…

  • Event Report – Sniperworks One

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    A few months back, I got together with a few other players in the north to organise a new kind of sniper weekend event. Hosted by Raw War Airsoft Cumbria over the weekend of 9/10th Feb 2019, Sniperworks One was our test run at doing something a bit different… There are, of course, a few…